LAS VEGAS — (BUSINESS WIRE) — February 23, 2015 —
Siemens is proud to announce that innovator and business futurist
Nicholas J Webb will provide the keynote address during the company’s
2015 Automation Summit at Aria Resort in Las Vegas, Nev., June 22-25.
Webb, author of “The Innovation Playbook” and “The Digital Innovation
Playbook,” is a successful inventor with a wide range of patented
technologies including one of the world’s smallest medical implants and
the popular Hanz® line of educational toys.

“I am honored that Siemens chose to include me in Automation Summit,”
said Webb. “Together, we are constructing a customized presentation from
which every attendee will gain real-world, actionable insights.
Innovation is at the core of Siemens and we’ll dive deeper into this
ocean of possibility during the Summit.”

Webb has been awarded more than 40 patents by the US Patent and
Trademark Office. He currently provides business and innovation strategy
consulting to a wide range of clients, ranging from small startups to
Fortune 500 companies.

The Summit theme, “Community. Experiences. Productivity,” will ring true
in 2015, as the event provides engineering and operational
professionals, automation and operations management and senior-level
executives with end user learning opportunities covering the complete
spectrum of automation--from process and discrete to motion control and
drives.

The Summit will again feature the popular Connect Event, where attendees
can network in-person and virtually with Siemens employees, solution
providers, integrators, distributors and end users.

Certificates will be distributed to those individuals completing
training courses, which may then be submitted for professional
development hours. Classes are scheduled to cover PROFINET &
Ethernet/IPTM with SINAMICS Drives; SIMATIC S7-1500F Safety Controller;
PCS 7 Alarm Management Best Practices; PCS 7 V8.1 engineering,
operations and simulation tools; SIMATIC Ident; and Industrial Wireless.

User-led breakout sessions are scheduled featuring best practices on
topics such as energy and asset management; productivity and efficiency;
maintenance and operations; and safety and industrial security.

"The Automation Summit is unique in the industry for offering user-led
breakout sessions as the mainstay of its program,” said Raj Batra,
president of Siemens Digital Factory division in the United States.
“This approach puts users in the driver's seat in terms of Summit
programming and underscores Siemens commitment to keeping the Automation
Summit a bona fide user’s conference."

Online registration opens today. All registration and additional Summit
details are available by visiting
http://sie.ag/1AOihUw.
In addition to the Automation Summit, Siemens also offers its Users
Community Online Portal where visitors can pose questions to our global
user community, learn about best practices, share information and
participate in on-demand webinars. Visit
http://sie.ag/1AOihUw
to register. For live event coverage of Siemens Automation Summit on
Twitter, follow #automationsummit.

Siemens Digital Factory offers a comprehensive portfolio of
seamlessly integrated hardware, software and technology-based services
in order to support manufacturing companies worldwide in enhancing the
flexibility and efficiency of their manufacturing processes and reducing
the time to market of their products.

Siemens Corporation is a U.S. subsidiary of Siemens AG, a global
technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence,
innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 165
years. With 343,000 employees in more than 200 countries, Siemens
reported worldwide revenue of approximately $98 billion in fiscal 2014.
Siemens in the USA reported revenue of $22.2 billion, including $5.2
billion in exports, and employs approximately 46,000 people throughout
all 50 states and Puerto Rico.